Biology – Quantitative Biology – Molecular Networks
Scientific paper
2007-10-08
IUBMB Life (2008) 60, 10-15
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Molecular Networks
13 pages, 3 figures, 1 glossary
Scientific paper
10.1002/iub.8
Cellular networks undergo rearrangements during stress and diseases. In un-stressed state the yeast protein-protein interaction network (interactome) is highly compact, and the centrally organized modules have a large overlap. During stress several original modules became more separated, and a number of novel modules also appear. A few basic functions, such as the proteasome preserve their central position. However, several functions with high energy demand, such the cell-cycle regulation loose their original centrality during stress. A number of key stress-dependent protein complexes, such as the disaggregation-specific chaperone, Hsp104, gain centrality in the stressed yeast interactome. Molecular chaperones, heat shock, or stress proteins form complex interaction networks (the chaperome) with each other and their partners. Here we show that the human chaperome recovers the segregation of protein synthesis-coupled and stress-related chaperones observed in yeast recently. Examination of yeast and human interactomes shows that (1) chaperones are inter-modular integrators of protein-protein interaction networks, which (2) often bridge hubs and (3) are favorite candidates for extensive phosphorylation. Moreover, chaperones (4) become more central in the organization of the isolated modules of the stressed yeast protein-protein interaction network, which highlights their importance in the de-coupling and re-coupling of network modules during and after stress. Chaperone-mediated evolvability of cellular networks may play a key role in cellular adaptation during stress and various polygenic and chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes or neurodegeneration.
Csermely Peter
Palotai Robin
Szalay Mate S.
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